Meal Replacements

Reach your weight loss goals with our meal replacement options.

Meal replacement shakes and protein blends are not a new concept, but innovations and new products have improved the amount of choice dieters have.

Look across our range, and you’ll find meal replacement options in various flavours alongside dietary-specific products to help ease your cravings and regulate your diet.

Being experts in health foods, including protein shakes for weight loss, we’ve plenty of advice on offer that you can follow while taking the first steps towards your goal.

Got a question about meal replacements? Here are some of our FAQs.  

What is the purpose of meal replacements?

Meal replacements are intended for people who want to lose weight but don’t have the time to cook every meal from scratch. You may also be considering a meal replacement diet if you find it hard to follow other diets, such as a keto diet plan.

As their name suggests, meal replacement diets replace daily meals – often with weight loss shakes or high protein brownie bars which contain essential nutrients, macros and vitamins. This takes the challenge of cooking healthier meals away.

What is a meal replacement diet?

Nearly every meal replacement product on the market is attached to a diet, which will tell you how much of that specific product to eat or drink daily to lose weight.

The aim of all meal replacement diets is to put your body in a calorie deficit. This is when the amount of calories you consume falls below your maintenance calories – this is the number of calories your body needs daily to maintain your current weight.

So, if a person needs 2000 calories a day to maintain their weight, eating 1000 calories will put them in a calorie deficit. Likewise, eating 500 calories above that maintenance figure will create a calorie surplus, meaning they’ll gain weight.

Some dieters have found meal replacement diets to work best for them because they take the guessing out of what to eat. If you’ve been on a diet before, you may have found calorie counting to be time-consuming or difficult to make accurate.

What can be used as a meal replacement?

If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s best to stick to products that still give you your essential nutrients, vitamins and a total calorie count per serving.

Remember, meal replacements are not the same as fasting (skipping meals altogether). They are a more sustainable way of losing weight with proven benefits.

The Holland & Barrett range is full of products to suit every kind of dieter. For instance, if you require a vegan diet powder. We’ve listed some of these below:

• Banana, chocolate or vanilla-flavoured protein shakes
• Baking mixes for making pancakes or flapjacks
• Lean protein powders and diet whey powders
• Low-calorie cookie mixes for home baking

As you can see, meal replacements don’t just come in plain flavours. You can continue feeding your sweet cravings with these low-calorie options while still getting your recommended amount of nutrients, macros and vitamins.

It’s also important to remember that while each meal replacement product in our range has the same goal of helping you lose weight, many are diet-dependent and not always interchangeable. For instance, some diets allow you to eat low-calorie vegetables along with a shake, should it mean you stay below your daily intake.

Remember, it’s also important to maintain a healthy lifestyle while enjoying the benefits of our meal replacement shakes. Stay hydrated, exercise where possible and get your recommended seven to nine hours of sleep to work towards a happier, healthier you!